Epic Guide|Mostly Harmless

The word cult is nothing but a term used by the media to create fear around, and isolate religious minorities. New Religions suffer a lot of persecution simply because they are new. The fact of the matter is that they have a right to believe whatever they want to believe regardless of how old it is. Jesus had a new message, and he was persecuted just like new religions are today (Branch Davidians). Let’s start to progress and stop oppressing religious minorities. If a group does something that infringes on the rights of others, then they should be stopped from doing whatever is illegal. Some Catholic priests molest little boys, no one questions the faith - let’s have the same respect for new religions that we do for Catholicism. No one calls Catholicism a cult. If they meet in a secret room of a locked building and only come out to get food, and if they live isolated from the rest of America…let them do it, it’s their right to practice freely. So what if you don’t understand it? Repetitive use of the word cult regarding a specific group does more to brainwash society than any religious leader has ever been capable of. The word cult makes me cringe; it’s so full of hatred and isolation that it’s like calling someone a n*****.